Letters, Jun. 13, 1955

Vaccine Snafu

Sir:

I suggest that the article on the mishandling of the Salk vaccine, under the heading "Medicine" [May 16], would have been more appropriate under "National Affairs," "Business" or "Theater"—for obvious reasons. Should not the whole tragic circumstance point a moral—that medical problems be handled by the medical profession and not by pressure groups, large organizations with axes to grind, or politicians who are always willing to "rush in"?

R. K. BEHRNS, M.D. Mount Vernon, Wash.

Sir:

... Is it not ironical that a few supposedly "intellectually acclimatized" politicians are...

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